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TagsBY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
Legionella is said to be a bacteria that lives in water. Legionnaires' disease is a type of pneumonia that comes from mist that comes from water in hot tubs, showers or air-conditioning units.
The Washington Post reports that six cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been traced to the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The hotel said the guests in question stayed there when there were elevated levels of Legionella bacteria in its water supply.
ABC News reported that four guests of the hotel were treated for the disease, but a lot more may have been exposed from between June 21 to July 4.
According to the New York Daily News, Legionnaires’ disease disease got its name from an outbreak in Philadelphia in 1976 when guests attending a convention of the American Legion at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel came down with pneumonia. More than 200 people became ill of the disease and 34 died.
The bacteria had spread through the Bellevue-Stratford’s air conditioning system.
And the disease has been found in a hot tub at the Playboy mansion, where 123 people were reported with fevers and 69 became ill in February.The Southern Nevada Health District said the information had been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and that the six affected guests had recovered.
The CDC reports that between 8,000 and 18,000 Americans are hospitalized with Legionnaires' disease every year. The disease tends to occur during the summer and early fall, and it has a fatality rate between 5 to 30 percent.
